Kirocker Music Display 3.4.1 description

Kirocker Music Display is an Amaork script that makes your Kicker (the KDE main panel) rock with your music.It is a Kicker applet that displays what you listen to in AmarokYou then always know what you are listening to, and watch its cover: it is always visible on your panel.It allows you to rate your music with one click: you can quickly change the number of stars of your musics from anywhere on your desktop.To install:- Extract the archive- Open a konsole in the extracted folder (in Konqueror, go to the extracted folder and press F4)- Run this set of command: ./configure --prefix=$(kde-config --prefix) && make && sudo make install- It will ask your root password to install the applet on your system- Right click the Kicker, choose "Add an Applet to the Panel..." (once the panel is unlocked)- Double-click "Kirocker Music Display"- Start playing a music: the applet is empty when Amarok is stopped or paused, to not annoy you with useless information when you are workingAlso included in the package: the Kicker right translucent white background.How to make the kicker translucent:- Your screen resolution need to be 1280*800. If not, you will need some artistic skills and a Gimp experience to modify the given background- Extract the image "Kicker Right Translucent Background.png" located in the Kirocker Music Display archive- Open your desktop background image with The Gimp- Drag and drop "Kicker Right Translucent Background.png" to the Gimp window of your background image- Save the image and set it as your desktop background image- Right click the Kicker and choose "Configure the Panel..." (once the panel is unlocked)- Place the panel on the right (click the button on the right)- Set the size to "Personalized" and enter "96 pixels"- In the "Appearance" tab, check "Enable transparency"- Click "Ok" and youre done: ENJOY!Enhancements:- This release fixes an issue with big playlists where Kirocker Music Display would hang up, act badly, or not respond.- It also solves a long-standing tedious crash.- Kirocker Music Display should be rock solid now.